What Lasts?

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.  Psalm 119:98  NASB For they are ever mine – We might think that the last part of this verse is straightforward.  No matter if the first part is a comparative or (syntax rearranged) a declaration of need, at least the last part seems…

A Motivated Heart

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine.  Psalm 119:98  NASB Than – We need to pay close attention to the Hebrew text here. מֵאֹֽיְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי מִצְו‍ֹתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם הִיא־לִֽי The opening word is from the root ʾāyab (to be an enemy), but it is the preposition (the prefixed min) that…